'For the paperback edition, chapters 3,8, and 9 have been translated from the German, and corresponding adjustments have been made to the table of contents and indexes'--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The apostolic memories in ancient Christianity -- pt. 1. Luke-Acts. Studies in Luke-Acts : retrospect and prospect -- Meteorology in the synoptics (Luke 12:54-56 par.) Apocalyptic traditions in the Lukan special material : reading Luke 18-1-8 -- The law in Luke-Acts -- The Lukan story of the passion of Jesus (Luke 22-23) -- The role of the scriptures in the composition of the gospel accounts : the temptations of Jesus (Luke 4:1-13 par.) and the multiplication of the loaves (Luke 9:10-17 par.) -- 'Well has the Holy Spirit spoken to your fathers through the Prophet Isaiah' (Acts 28:25) -- pt. 2. New Testament theology. Parable of the Gospel-- parable of the Kingdom of God --n The church in the New Testament : servant and victorious -- These Christians who dream : the authority of dreams in the first centuries of Christianity -- The canonical structure of Gospel and Apostle -- Israel in the theology of the Apostle Paul -- pt. 3. Apocryphal and patristic literature. Jesus' missionary speech as interpreted in the patristic commentaries and the apocryphal narration -- The synoptic gospels and the non-canonical acts of the Apostles -- The suspension of time in chapter 18 of the Protevangelism Jacobi -- The words of life in the Acts of the Apostle Andrew -- Miracles, magic, and healing in the apocryphal acts of the apostles -- A new citation of the Acts of Paul in Origen -- Eusebius of Caesarea's Ecclesiastical history and the history of salvation -- From St. Luke to St. Thomas by way of St Cyril -- The apocryphal reception of Luke's Gospel and the orthodox reading of the apocryphal Acts of the Apostles.